rote
1a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure; routine: the rote of daily living.
Idioms about rote
by rote, from memory, without thought of the meaning; in a mechanical way: to learn a language by rote.
Origin of rote
1Words Nearby rote
Other definitions for rote (2 of 3)
Origin of rote
2- Also rota [roh-tuh], /ˈroʊ tə/, rotta [rot-uh], /ˈrɒt ə/, rotte [rot] /rɒt/ .
Other definitions for rote (3 of 3)
the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
Origin of rote
3Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use rote in a sentence
Across industries, 5G is expected to take over rote work, allowing employees to commit their time to creative tasks like analysis and strategic thinking.
Ultimately, if we took our cues from Biles and decided to withdraw every time we felt pressure or stress, that would just be another example of rote idolization of athletes.
Simone Biles Made the Right Choice. Here’s How You Can, Too. | wtaylor | July 28, 2021 | Outside OnlinePerhaps rote information, such as knowing 5 times 5 is 25 or knowing to stop at a red light, relies on these powerful inputs that efficiently drive information through the brain.
A deep look at a speck of human brain reveals never-before-seen quirks | Laura Sanders | June 9, 2021 | Science NewsChildren in San Diego wouldn’t just be doing rote academic catch-up, she said.
The Learning Curve: Summer Programs Have More Hype Than Availability | Will Huntsberry | June 3, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoNow we’re stuck with villain backstories that are little more than rote exercises in psychological depth, stories that sap our imagination rather than igniting it.
From Cruella to Maleficent to the Joker: Is It Time to Retire the Villain Origin Story? | Stephanie Zacharek | May 26, 2021 | Time
The stories of discovery are so rote, though, that we forget that they took incredibly hard work.
Following Tuberculosis From Death Sentence to Cure | Tessa Miller | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUsing their skill with visual processing, ASDs can learn by rote how to negotiate the neuro-typical world.
Autism and Child Pornography: A Toxic Combination | Eustacia Cutler | August 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSo let me just add that true Tiger Cubs aren't satisfied with rote learning.
The shift is most evident in our schools, where critical thinking has replaced rote learning as the central goal of education.
In the workshop or lab, results are determined by experimentation and creativity, not rote learning.
When, however, you learn by rote you know the task as you learned it, and not in the reverse way.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Another way of learning such a series by rote, is to limit the extent of the repetitions.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Learning a series of words by heart by thinking of the Relations between them is wholly unlike learning it by rote.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The opposite of these two methods of rote learning is my method, which injects an active process between each pair of words.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)This Series is usually learned by endless repetition, as a succession of sounds to the ear, or sight to the eye, by mere rote.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for rote (1 of 2)
/ (rəʊt) /
a habitual or mechanical routine or procedure
by rote by repetition; by heart (often in the phrase learn by rote)
Origin of rote
1British Dictionary definitions for rote (2 of 2)
/ (rəʊt) /
an ancient violin-like musical instrument; crwth
Origin of rote
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with rote
see by heart (rote).
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